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'''ascus pendant''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:Ascus term]][[:Category:Ascus term|ascus term]], ''pl.'' ascus pendants; ''synonym:'' [[subapical thickening]]) – lower extensions of the [[bourrelet]], surrounding the [[axial canal]]; literally meaning ''hanging'' because the pendants appear to be hanging down from the [[tholus]] into the [[ascus]].

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